BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama -- Who will be south Mobile County’s newest mayor?

The Aug. 13 special election to fill the more than three-year remainder of ousted Mayor Stan Wright’s term narrowed down the field to two, who will face each other in Tuesday’s runoff: Henry Barnes and Brett Dungan.

Dungan -- the former president of shipbuilder Master Marine Inc. -- came within two percent of winning outright during the special election, garnering 244 of the 500 votes cast, or 48.8 percent. Fifty percent, plus one vote, is required to avoid a runoff, according to the Mobile County Probate Court.

Former City Councilman Barnes received 26.2 percent of the vote, which was the second time in a year he found himself the runner-up in a runoff for the mayor’s seat. During the Nov. 2012 election, he lost to Wright by 12 votes in a runoff that had 14 votes invalidated due to being incorrectly filled out, according to city officials.

Wright won while under indictment for federal corruption charges he was later convicted on. He is now serving 15 months in prison.

Stripped of its mayor before summer, Bayou La Batre was led by its City Council, which was unable to appoint Wright’s successor within its 60-day deadline. Once that passed, Gov. Robert Bentley had 30 days to make an appointment, which he declined to do, which led to the need for a special election.

Barnes didn’t make the trip, and it is unclear whether he was invited. Calls to the governor's office were not returned.

Coleman, who considered herself a frontrunner for mayor, was disqualified from the race after failing to file a Statement of Economic Interest, which is required of both candidates and public officials.

On Aug. 13, after the special election votes had been tallied, Ramires and Raley only received 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Fifty-four percent of registered voters cast their ballots.

In the wake of Wright’s conviction, both Barnes and Dungan ran on platforms of transparency, with Barnes leaning on his past political experience and Dungan pointing to his years of running an international business as qualifications for the city’s top seat.

The polling center for Tuesday’s election is the Bayou la Batre Community Center, at 12745 Padgett Switch Road.